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Day's iews
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written. 36-year-old
Air Force Major Gordon Cooper
is off the ground and spinning
around the earth at J7.544 mph.
Nole to speed demons: Don't try
to equal his speed on pavement.
It can't be done. If you want
to travel that fast, get J job as
a space pilot.
Major Cooer achieved orbit
this morninc six minutes after
his lift-off. He was then 100 miles
out in space, and called Walter
Schirra 'who flew six times
around the earth last fall on his
space intcr-com.
Schirra said to him: "It's great
port. Isn't it?"
Cooper answered: "It sure is."
His po-ahead order when be
achieved orbit was for seven
times aro'md. If he is goins
strong at the end of seven cir
cuits, he will get a go-ahcad for
17 orbits. If he makes the 17. he
will go for the full 22.
Kvery 88.7 minutes, he circles
the earth.
Page Jules Verne!
His man Philcas Fogg took 80
DAYS to make it around.
Incidental information:
As this is written, the tempera
ture inside the space ship Faith
7 is 109 degrees. The tempera
ture inside Major Cooper's 20
pound air-conditioned space suit
is V2 degrees
He kn't sullcrmg from the cold.
Back to Jules Verne and his
famous romance. Around t h e
World in 80 Days. Can you re
member how he came to make
the trip? .
Philcas Fogg, an Ent;hhman.!
was living it up at his London:
ciub when tlie conversation got
around to speedy travel. Fogs.
perhaps led on by a few gin
and bitters, made a bet that he
could circle the earth in 80 days.'
A feliow member took him up on;
the bet. i
Fogg and his French valet Pas-'
separtout set out tliat very nignt
and by niperhuman effort, par
ticularly by the resourceful En-
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Price Ten Cents 20 Pasrs
Natural
Backed By Ways, Means
SALEM lUPH A proposed
State Department of Natural Re
sources was given an unexpected
push forward Tuesday night by
the full Ways and Means Com
mittee. It sent the reorganization bill to
the House floor "without recom
mendation." Although the endorsement was
weak, it was more than support
ers thought it would get when
Speaker Clarence Barton sent the
measure to Ways and Means a
month ago.
The action came as the commit
tee acted on 35 measures in an
effort to speed bills with fiscal
Klamath, Deschutes
Deer Hunt Closure
Urged By Amacher
The relation of deer hunting
in Klamath and Deschutes coun
ties while a one-year study is
conducted of the alleged deple
tirm of deer herds in the two coun
ties will he proposed at the next
meeting of the State Game Com
mi.vsion by one of its own mem
bers, a reliable source told the
Herald and New Wednesday.
John P. Amacher. Winchester,
one of the live-man comrmv-ion.
indicated he would voice tlw two
part proposal to the comm. "lon
ers when they meet in Portland,
Friday, May 24 to set tentative
game reculationn for this car.
The commissioner decided that
a year's study of the deer herds
was nece$!ary after hearings in
MMford. Klamath Fall?, Bend,
Baker. Enterprise, 'iold Beach
and Coos Bav revealed that "in
formation of larpe drop? :n the'
deer population did nt conform
to parts of a report submitted to
Uw commisMon by its own b:olo--';t
ihr
Gordon Cooper into orbit this morning, lifts majestically
off its launching pad and into space. UPI Telephoto
Resource Office
implications to the floor so the
13 session can adjourn.
The bill would gather the state's
natural resource agencies into a
department with a director ap
pointed by the governor. The di
rector, in turn, would name the
bead,s of six divisions: Fish and
game, small boats and harbors,
mineral resources, forestry, water
resources, and agriculture.
Wavs and Means restored orig
inal proposals to merge fish and
game agencies. The House Natur
al Resources Committee, which
earlier approved the proposed de
partmcnt alter much study, had
Since last fall the State Game
Commission has been under fire
from the Oregon Fish and Game
Council, an orsanization of sports
men representinc .six Oregon
counties, which has eharccd the
commision with mismanagement
of the states deer herds, particu
larly in Kastern Oregon.
Amacher said that opposition to
the came commission's present
control policies Yas expressed
m s t vehement I v at Klamath
Fails and Bend, although a mixed
sentiment acaint the kilhn? of
does and fawns was heard at
nearly all of the meetings.
The commissioner was critical
;of the L'.S. Forest Service, which
controls the greater part of
Oregon's huniinj area, for failing
to participate in the local
ht-anncs.
O'hcr than Amacher, the com
mission includes .Joseph W. Smith,
Klamath Falls; Rollm K. Bowles.
; Portland. Tallant Greenou-h. Co
;qin!le. and Wane Phi'Iip. Baker
ta I
KLAMATH FALLS, ORKUON. WEDNESDAY.
decided to keep fish and game
separate.
Agencies and interested groups
that would be involved in the re
organization have resisted it.
1'ommlllce Busy
In other actions, the committee:
Approved a measure that
would let the Welfare Department
end the aid to dc)icndcnt children
program .in cases uhere the
unemployed fattier lives in the
home, if the agency tinds it ad
visablc during the next biennium
Approved the transfer of $5.3
million from the veterans bond
sinking fund to tlie general fund
to meet shortages in funds for
current slate services.
Approved n 1241.7 million
Highway Commission budget. The
money comes from dedicated
funds.
Ajiproved an increase in sal
aries of district judges frum 110,
500 to $ 1 1. OHO.
Approved revisions in teach
ers' and judges' retirement plans,
and in state fund investments.
Okayed a bill to let the super
intendent of a slate institution
slay on past rolircment age. It is
aimed at keeping prison Warden
Clarence Gladden on the job until
a successor is found.
Approved budgets for the Fish
Commission. Game Commission.
Justice Department. Board of
Health. Tax Commission. Council
on Aging, and Corporation De
partment. Other Highlights
Columbia Compart: The Senate
voted 21-! to ratify a proposed
Columbia Interstate Compact
which is aimed at ordcily devel
opment of resources by seven
states. The ownpact faik d to get
approval in Washington this year.
Compensation The Hou-c Labor
and Industries Committee com
pleted major policy dTiKns on
a bill to rewrite Oregon's jn-year-old
workmen's compensation law.
Ti Members ol the House
Taxation Committee lormally ex
pressed their unhappincss over a
Senate Tax Committee revenue
raiMn? plan.
CAPE C A N A V E R A L. Fla.
(UPI) L. Gordon Cooper, 36.
made a flawless leap into the sky
today on a trail-blazing space mis
sion designed to carry him 22
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CHART OF POSSIBILITIES Newt chart indicates various possibilities in the project
ed 22-orbit, 34-hour flight of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper today. Top globe indicates
nth of tUm fir r. r hit whilo lower alobft shows final orbit if fliqht qoes entire distance.
Primary landing area would
flight has to be shortened,
area covered by 22 orbits is
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THE LONG TRAIL A. B. Epperson has made it possibt for siqhtless Sandra Ruconich
of Klamath Falls to follow through touch today' neweit aslronaut, L. Gordon Cooper,
At he orbits the earth. Epperson has marked the tracking stations in braille, pasted
to the revolvinq globe he has perfected, the equator in heavy cord, and the paths of
the 22 orbits in lighter cord. Crossing of fh equator may be at a 32 or 35 deqree
angle. If 32 degrees, in the 22 orbits, he will cross the equator 44 times and go to a
point 32 degrees North and 32 degrees South. By computation, Epperson shows on
the Orrery, Cooper will cross Communist China several times but will not pass over
Russia or any portion of the U.S. except perhaps Arizona and Texas.
Race Tensions Flare Anew
By I'nlted Press International
Racial tensions eased in Birm
ingham. Ala., and Nashville.
Tenn.. Tuesday hut flared ayain
in North Carolina's capital city
of Raleigh.
Mitre than 800 Negroes stat-eH
a "freedom march" through
downtown flaleieh Tuesday mcht
to back up desegregation de
mands Police arretted 34 dem-1
onstrators. I
There were no incwJents during
ihe march but there were some
tense moments when tlie demon
strators passed strert corners
crowded with white youths. Police
charged IS of the arretted group
with as-sault acainst lshe Fergu
vin, asMMnnt manager of a cafe
teria, who was "put in a stale
of fear" during a sit-in attempt.
A bi-racial committee held a
io-hKir meeting in Haleigh
times around the earth in 3t
hours.
Tlie purpose of the Air Force
major's planned 575,000-mile jour
ney was to smash all previous
then be in Pacific, lower right inset, near Midway. If
landing area may be in Atlantic, upper right inset. Entire
indicated at lower left. UPI Telephoto
Telephone TU 4-S1 11 No. 7142 ' J
Tuesday and hank oflkiul Victor,
Bell Jr. said I think we made
Eod progress in understand in 2
UN Seeks
Solvency
I'MTKD NATIONS, N Y. 'I.I'ii
The L'nilod Nations Gi-ncral As
sembly today turned to its liuditct
committee to seek ways to make
up a two million dchcit and
avoid threatened bankiiiiU '.
In the wcond d.iy of a petial
.session convened to di u.s the
financial buidrns of L'.N. jieace
keepinj missions in the Congo
and Middle Kasl, tlie lll nalion
administratis and budgetary
committee scheduled at 1 im.
KDT meeting.
U.S. space records and to get in
formation crucial to success of
moon flights to come later in this
decade.
Cooper's gleaming Atlas booster
loni9ht torn thewan IndtcaM after Frl- I
dy. Soil Itmptratur 41 dgrat and I
lowly riilnfl.
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each oilier and the problem." Ear
lier the Haleih ministerial Asso
ciation voti-d 42-1 in favor of dc
sereatini; business facilities.
Birmingham was relatively
quiet Tuesday and federal observ
ers said the city's racial atmo'
sphere was "improving." They
lidded, however, that federal!
troops would remain at nearby
military bases because ol the
(hame of "trouble developing
quickly."
Alabama (iov. George Wallace
sent another (elegtam to Presi
dent Kennedy demanding either
I be removal of the troops or pub
lication of "tlie true fact of your
military 0N-ratinn. . ." Wallace
said the presence of the troops
was an "open invitation to a re
sumption ol street noting by law
less Negro mobs, on the assump
tion they will be protected by fed
eral military forces."
rocket rose from the launch pad
at 6:04 a.m. PDT. At 9:03 a.m.,
when he completed his second trip
around Uie globe, ground control
lers reported: "All systems are .n
a go condition. The pilot is very,
very comfortable."
One of the astronaut's first re
marks after his roaring climb into
orbit was, "It felt real prc'.'.v."
At the end of the first orbit,
clocked at 7:118 a.m., his mentors
on the ground told the blue-cytd,
147-pound astronaut he could go
on for at least seven orbits.
Would Land In Pacific
If he is getting along all right
at the end of seven orbits, he will
go on for 17, then for the full
mission of 22 circuits. Completion
of the planned flight would bring
him down in the Pacific Ocean
about 100 miles southeast of Mid
way at around 4:20 p.m. PDT
Thursday.
If Cooper goes the full 22 orbits,
he w ill pass over more than 100
countries and possessions. For the
first time an American astronaut
will fly over Communist territory.
Tlie planned track crosses Red
China six times.
After two orbits, the space agen
cy recalculated the speed and
flight path of Cooper's Faith 7
capsule as follows:
Peak velocity: 17,546 miles an
hour.
Ix)W point of orbit: 100.2 miles.
High point: 105.8 miles.
Time for one circuit of globe:
88.43 minutes.
Orbital path: 32.5 degrees north
and south of the equator. This fig
ures out at about 2.275 miles on
either side of the earth's middle
line.
Takes Television Pictures
Cooper busied himself checking
his condition and the condition of
his 3.0IIOipound Faith 7 spacecraft.
He also, for the first time in U.S.
space history, turned on a tele-
vison camera which can monitor
his performance and also take pic
tures of the earth below
In his first dash around the
earth the temperature in Cooper's
silvery spaccsuit got up to e
warmish 10 degrees. But he re
ported no difficulties.
Asked over Point Argucllo,
Calif., on his second orbit how he
foil. Cooper replied:
"I do feel comfortable, in fact
very comfortable. . . In fact I had
a little nap."
A few moments after he began
his second orbit in his flight
through alternate days and nights,
the blue-eyed, brown-haired as
tronaut began reporting Again to
the Cape Canaveral Control Cen
ter.
The center rcimrtod he "Sounds
good." He Is working up there as
a very competent test pilot.
Coopers' job award his 3.000-
pound Faith 7 spacccralt was to
test further the elfects of weight
lessness on human beings and to
amass information vital to the
forthcoming two-man Gemini and
Apollo moon flights.
Has Perfect Start
Tlie rountdinvn, with only one
four-minute hold, and blastoff for
Cooper's
Called 'Beautiful'
TAYI.OH LAKE VUJ.AGK, Tex.
I Ul'l '-"Beautiful." Mrs. I,. Gor
don Cooicr said today n her hus
bands faultless flight inlo spm'e.
Mrs. Cooper sent the one-word
description of her reaction out by
Dave Schwartz, a public affairs
officer for Uie National Aeronau
tics and Space Administration, al
most an hour after her husband's
journey started.
She said she would have no
more to say for the time being.
But Schwartz reported that Mrs.
Cooper had a big smile on her
lace.
Mrs. Cooper and her daughters.
Camala. 14, and Janita, 1.1, went
inlo a bedroom by themselves to
watch the liftoff on a television
set. Schwartz was in the living
room. Tlie family wanted to be
alone at a moment when they
might have watched Cooper die
Instead, Cooper's wife and
daughters saw him salely soar in
to space. Schwartz said Mrs.
Cooper and tlie girls stayed In Uie
bedroom about 15 minutes. Then
Mrs. Cooper came out. smiling
broadly. j
Cooper telephoned about M min
utes before the launch. About 20
minutes belore. I)r. Charles A.
Berry, chief of NASA's medical
operations, teleplioned. Mrs. Berry
went Into the Cooper home about
an hour after the liftoff.
Schwartz said that Mrs- Cooper
has asked him not to tell alxnit
s0 waiting reporters and television
men anything not authorized by
her.
Cooper's flight were so nearly
perfect that a space agency
spokesman said, "It is almost
unbelievable."
President Kennedy, who
watched Cooper's takeoff on tele
vision at the While House, was
described as "very happy." He
planned to keep an eye on his set
tlirouglwut today and. said Press
Secretary Pierre Salinger, "hope
fully tomorrow."
Among Cooper's first remarks
was a fervent agreement, in re
sponse to a question from tlie
ground, that riding a rocket into
orbit "sure is" great sport.
For the first time in U.S. s.pace
history, Cooper's condition was
being monitored at intervals by
a television camera aboard his
spacecraft. The first pictures, re
layed from Grand Canary Island
14 minutes after liftoff, were a
bit fuzzy on homo television.
At the start of his second orbit.
Cooper turned on the television
camera again. Reports were that
the transmissions were still weak,
but growing stronger.
As Cooper rodo his Faith 7
craft at about 17,544 miles an
hour throujji space, he moved
into alternate night and day. Ho '
saw lights on the ground as be
soared over Perth, Australia. He
also reported seeing the "fire
flies'bits of material from tho
spacccralt which previous astro
nauts had witnessed.
The go-for-seven order flashed
to Cooper toward the end of his
first orbit meant that ground con
trollers considered his flight path
stable and durable.
92-Ocgrec Temperature
Tracking station data showed
that the temperature inside tlie
cabin was 109 degrees and inside
Cooper's 20-pound air-conditioned'
space suit 92 degrees.
This was warmish, but "well '.
within range" of safe margins,
officials said. Cooper rciorted ho
felt a bit warmer than normal but
was "having no trouble" with his
silvery suit,
As he roared into Uie sky for
liftolf. Coocr underwent forces of
acceleration which multiplied his
147 pounds about 7'.i times.
His first words after his 2MMon
Atlas rocket rose into the sky at
6:04 a.m. PDT were to report that
everything was "go" .Meaning
everything was fine.
.Moments later he described his
condition and that of his tiny
Faith 7 spacecraft as "Mipcr."
The Air Force major roared off
after one of tlie smoothest count-'
downs in history. Tlierc had been
only one toty-minuto hold.
Cooper entered his spacccralt at
32 a m- PDT and climbed into
the sky tun hours and 32 minutes
later.
Six minutes afterward, having
soared into orbit 100 miles up in
space. Cooper chatted briefly w itb
his caic "communicator," astro
naut Walter M. Schirra who flew
six times around the world Oct.
1902.
Schirra: "It's great sport isn't
it."
C'ooer: "11 sure is."
Lift-
Mrs. Cooper and the girls were
up at 4 a m. pdt. They had a
brealgast of hot rolls and grape
fruit. The pvt. drnnk milk or.d
Mrs. Cooper had a second cup of
coffee.
The only sign of life atioiit the
house when Cooper rocketed into
space was a gray and white cat.
Jltling on top of the chimney and
llicking his tail.
Cooper's mother, Mrs, Il.iltic
Cooper, dropped a green aighan
she was knitting at Tecumseh.
Okla., as slie watched her son's
ascent on television. Tears came
into her eyes and she went inlo
tlie kitchen to compose herself.
'I know Coition was happy.".
his mother said. "No liftoff ever.
looked so risk). I drcauYd this,
takcod."
Soviets Slate
Rocket Tests
MOSCOW (l.Pli - The Soviet
Union was scheduled to start a
series of rocket tests in the Ta
cific today which Western obser
vers said may be the prelude tn
some new space spectacular.
The Soviet press played down
the space shot of I S. aslionaut.
U. Gordon Cooper. It all but ig-:
nored the onstponemcnt of Coop
cr'i launching Tuesday. The only
mention was brief Tas news
agency Item, witliout comment.
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